Re: where the XFree86 xserver opening the framebuffer device..????

romel dutta wrote:

>hii everyone..
>here, i want some serious help...
>i m trying to use XFree86 xserver for
>framebuffer....but i m unable to find the place from
>where it's opening the fb device.i want it to put some
>of my codes in order to grab the frames ...,wht i
>found from /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>is tht it's going inside
>/build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86 directory..bt,WHR
>it's opening the fb device is still unknown to me..i
>doubt it's from fbdevhw.c in
>build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw ,bt not
>sure..
>can,any1 plzz help me get the hook..!!!
>

Which driver?  Many of the drivers don't use /dev/fb at all.  They 
access the hardware directly.

You can grab frames without writing any code at all.  That's what the 
"xwd" tool is for.

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Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.